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She is rockin a pretty sweet britfro though

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I dunno, if she pursed her lips together any tighter she could use them to cut sheet metal.

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I’m sure she can make commoners break out in a cold sweat just by raising her eyebrow by a fraction of a millimetre.

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It’s the feminine version of “marquis” apparently. If anyone else was wondering what the fuck a marchioness was

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You say that as if any of us know what a marquis is.

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From Wikipedia:

A marquess (UK: /ˈmɑː®kwɪs/;[1] French: marquis [maʁki])[2][a] is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise. These titles are also used to translate equivalent Asian styles, as in Imperial China and Imperial Japan.

In Great Britain and historically in Ireland, a marquess ranks below a duke and above an earl. A woman with the rank of a marquess, or the wife of a marquess, is a marchioness /ˌmɑːrʃəˈnɛs/.[3] The dignity, rank, or position of the title is a marquisate or marquessate.

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The talk show host pointed out that Cholmondeley is actually pronounced “Chumley” and made the bizarre pronunciation a running joke. “Now there have been rumors an affair between William and the Marching Band of Chicanery since 2019,” he said, mocking her title.

-Stephen Colbert trolls Prince William’s alleged affair with Rose Hanbury


There’s no Fookin’ way in the King’s English this is the real way to pronounce this!?!

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There’s no Fookin’ way in the King’s English this is the real way to pronounce this!?!

Worcestershire. Pronounced wooster-sure. I do believe The King’s English takes the piss whenever possible.

See also: Through…

Oooh! And Norfolk. That one is pronounced Nah-fuck, at least in Virginia, US. Not certain how the original town is said, I assume it’s similar, but the accent may have drifted in the last 400 years or so since the new one was founded.

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Nor-fuck in the UK, so sort of close I guess.

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